Additional American Z Line diesel locomotive announcements for September 2022
Scale: Z (1:220)
Price: Contact manufacturer
Era: Missouri-Kansas-Texas SW1500 diesel locomotive, early 1970s to 1989. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Alco PA-1 diesel locomotive, 1946 to early 1960s.
Manufacturer: American Z Line, 6142 Northcliff Blvd., Dublin, OH 43016; 614-764-1703; americanzline.com
Electro-Motive Division SW1500 features:
- AutoLatch couplers
- Prototype-specific details
- Directional light-emitting-diode lighting
- Blackened metal wheels
- Traction tires
- Adapters for retrofitting with Micro-Trains no. 905 couplers
Road name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (green and yellow). Two road numbers.
Alco PA-1 features:
- 7mm can motor
- Dual flywheels
- Six-axle trucks with blind middle axle (no flange)
- Traction tires
- Blackened metal wheels
- Directional light-emitting-diode lighting
- Optional front coupler cover and snow plow
Road name: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (red, maroon, and black). Two road numbers.
Release date: To be announced.
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